Tag: Masato SHIONO
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Hosts Japan Avoids Favorites China in Main Draw
Tokyo, Japan, May 1, 2014 – Japan looks on course to secure a place in the finals of the ZEN-NOH 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships, after a good draw ensured that they will not meet top seeds China until then. The Japanese emerged top of Group C of the men’s event after recovering from…
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LIU Breaks Ning’s 22-Month Streak as World #1
Lausanne, Sept 6, 2013: LIU Shiwen (CHN) is table tennis’s new women’s world number one, knocking her team mate DING Ning (CHN) off top spot, which she had held for a record 22 months. The 22 year old, who last held the number one spot back in October 2010 as a fresh-faced 19 year old,…
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7 Countries Represented at ITTF Czech Open Singles Semi-Finals
Lausanne, August 26, 2013: The most recent stop on the GAC Group ITTF World Tour, the 2013 Czech Open in Olomouc held from 21 to 25 August, has portrayed just how much table tennis is truly a global game. The 8 semi-finalists in the women’s and men’s singles were remarkably from 7 different countries: Belarus,…
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Huge Upsets as Japan Dominates Japan Open
Yokohama – Japan, June 23, 2013: World number 188 Masato SHIONO has caused one of the biggest upsets in table tennis history by winning the $200,000 GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour – Japan Open in Yokohama, Japan, adding to the tally of gold for Team Japan. SHIONO, who had to pay his own entry…